On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 7:19 AM Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Thus, I want to add a bit to the top of the script, something like this:
>
> \if :DBNAME = postgres
> echo "must not run in postgres"
> exit
> \endif
>
> However, I can't seem to find the magic sauce.
You have to use a dedicated variable. Something like
SELECT :'DBNAME' = 'postgres' AS is_postgres \gset
\if :is_postgres
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